Top

Tag: Hong Kong


Shipping

FedEx Closes Hong Kong Crew Base Amid Stricter COVID Rules

November 17, 2021

Via: Transport Topics

FedEx Corp. is shutting its crew base in Hong Kong, the world’s busiest international cargo hub, and relocating its pilots as the city considers stricter measures on flight crews to curb the spread of COVID. While the crew base will […]


Shipping

COSCO Shipping Ports eyes growth despite throughput decline

August 28, 2020

Via: Offshore Energy

Total throughput dropped by 3.6 per cent to 57.6 million TEU in the first half of the year, while equity throughput declined by 6.6 per cent to 18.1 million TEU as a result of the lower demand. Additionally, total throughput […]


Shipping

COVID-19 outbreak hits Hong Kong container shipping port

August 17, 2020

Via: Offshore Energy

According to local media outlets, the virus was most probably picked up from communal resting facilities and dormitories, where social distancing measures are difficult to implement as dozens of workers can be confined to the same place at the same […]


Shipping

CSSC Shipping to Raise USD 277 Mn through Hong Kong IPO

May 28, 2019

Via: World Maritime News

The shipowning arm of state-owned China State Shipbuilding Corporation (CSSC) said it will issue 1.534 billion new shares. According to the company’s filing, the shares are expected to be priced at HKD 1.34 – HKD 1.42 per share. The final […]


Shipping

COSCO Shipping Ports’ Profit, Revenue Jump in 3Q

October 30, 2018

Via: World Maritime News

For the quarter, the company’s revenue jumped by 62.6 percent to USD 253 million from USD 155.6 million, as profit attributable to equity holders increased by 11.8 percent to USD 75.1 million from USD 67.2 million. Due to a slowdown […]


Shipping

Pacific Basin Boasts Vessel Earnings Hike

October 11, 2018

Via: World Maritime News

Handysize and Supramax daily time-charter equivalent (TCE) earnings were USD 10,080 and USD 12,180 per day net respectively in the third quarter, representing an improvement of 24% and 30% year-on-year. The company further added that year-to-date average Handysize and Supramax […]


Shipping

Pacific Basin Acquires Ship Quartet

May 14, 2018

Via: World Maritime News

On May 14, 2018, PB Vessels Holding Limited, a subsidiary of the company, entered into four separate ship contracts for the purchase of vessels. Bulkers in question are a 58,000 dwt Supramax built in 2010, a 64,000 dwt Supramax resale […]


Travel & Public Transit

China’s first self-developed driverless train to open in Hong Kong

December 21, 2016

Via: Metro Magazine

Driverless trains developed by a domestic company will start operating on a new subway line in Hong Kong by month’s end, reported China Daily Asia. A fleet of 10, three-car driverless trains, manufactured by CRRC Changchun Railway Vehicles Co., will […]